Five Palestinians were killed, including two children, and several wounded when Israeli aircraft struck tents for displaced people west of Khan Younis, according to medics at the Kuwait Field Hospital. The strikes hit Gaza's coastal al-Mawasi area. Medical teams said the dead were two women aged 46 and 30, a 36-year-old man, and two boys, aged eight and 10. Some 32 injured people were treated in hospital, the medics said. Rescue workers told the BBC they recovered the bodies from al-Najaat camp, a cluster of tents that has housed hundreds of displaced people in recent months. The Israeli military stated it had 'struck a Hamas terrorist' after five of its soldiers were wounded earlier on Wednesday. 'The Hamas terrorist organization carried out a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, during which terrorists attacked IDF troops deployed in the Rafah area,' the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to 'respond accordingly'. Witnesses noted that the initial strike targeted a tent inside the al-Mawasi displacement area, followed by blasts near the Kuwait hospital, prompting panic among families sheltering nearby. Hamas condemned Israel's actions as barbaric, indiscriminate, and a violation of the ceasefire which began on 10 October. The Israeli military's offensive in Gaza followed a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, which resulted in approximately 1,200 deaths and the hostage-taking of 251 individuals. Since the beginning of the Israeli campaign, more than 70,100 Palestinians have reportedly been killed, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.